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A global lottery with prizes of hundreds of millions of dollars could go ahead in 2010 with New Zealand taking part.
British organiser Camelot is planning to create the lottery with a potential jackpot of £250 million (NZD$686 million) with the revenue shared among participating countries for charities.
Lotteries Commission deputy chief executive Warren Salisbury said the Government would decide whether New Zealand took part.
"It feels like it's going to happen, but there's a lot of negotiation with the big lotteries before it does," he told The Dominion Post.
The commission might have to look at increasing the $30 million prize limit, he said.
"One school of thought is that, instead of creating one multimillionaire every so often, you have [a] number of people win $1 million ...
"But if, on the other hand, they constructed the game on the basis of one player taking out $100 million ... we'd have to get the Government to agree."
Camelot announced its plans last year and has been talking to 48 world lottery operators.
- NZPA
